MOST-MENTIONED SPORTS FIGURES
Rather than break down the amount of time a specific athlete or figure was covered, we counted how frequently names were mentioned in the transcripts from the week. The 15 most-mentioned sports people for June 22-28:

Notes

ESPN waited until the verdict to talk about Jerry Sandusky: When the verdict came down, ESPN had Jeremy Schaap on the scene, and legal expert Roger Cossack did a terrific job breaking down the trial and what lies ahead for the former Penn State defensive coordinator. But including the 11.25 minutes the network spent this week, the Sandusky trial was covered for all of 13 minutes, across 21 SportsCenterepisodes, over the last month. Hell, they spent more time on the NHL in that span of time.

ESPN on ESPN: In this crazy college football landscape, whither the Rose Bowl? Will it host a national semifinal every year, part of a rotation à la golf majors, or will it be ignored altogether? We don't know those answers just yet, but SportsCenter made sure to answer the one question no one was asking: Yes, the Rose Bowl would remain on ESPN.

Outside The Lines did a fantastic story on a Kiev soccer team during WWII:Here's the link. "Defending Kiev" is a 20-minute reminder that ESPN doesn't always need to loosen up the 30 For 30 pursestrings to make incredible documentaries.